IBM BladeCenter PS700 User Manual

72 IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701, and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction
2.12 Operating system support
The IBM POWER7 processor-based systems supports three families of operating systems:
򐂰 AIX
򐂰 IBM i
򐂰 Linux
In addition, the Virtual I/O Server can be installed in special partitions that provide support to
the other operating systems for using features such as virtualized I/O devices, PowerVM Live
Partition Mobility, or PowerVM Active Memory™ Sharing.
The PS700, PS701, and PS702 blades support the following operating system versions.
Virtual I/O Server
Virtual I/O Server 2.1.3.0 or later
IBM regularly updates the Virtual I/O Server code. To find information about the latest
updates, see the Virtual I/O Server at the following Web page:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/vios/documentation/home.html
I/O concurrent maintenance
(not available on POWER
based blades)
VIOS support for slot and device level
concurrent maintenance through the diag
hot plug support.
Guided support in the “Repair and Verify”
function on the HMC.
Serviceable event
management
Service Focal Point Light: Consolidated
management of firmware- and
management partition-detected errors
Service Focal Point support for
consolidated management of operating
system- and firmware-detected errors
PowerVM function
Full PowerVM Capability Partial Full
Capacity on Demand Entry of PowerVM codes only Full Support
I/O Support for IBM i Virtual Only Virtual and Direct
Multiple Shared Processor
Pool
No, default pool only Yes
Workload Management
(WLM) Groups Supported
One 254
Support for multiple profiles
per partition
No Yes
SysPlan Deploy &
mksysplan
No No
Characteristic IVM HMC
Note: For details about the software available on IBM POWER servers, see Power
Systems Software™ at the following Web page:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/index.html

IBM BladeCenter PS700 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	BladeCenter PS700
Category	Server
Language	English